SONG FOR THE MIRA
(Allister MacGillivray)
Anne Murray

Also recorded by:

Gordon Bok, Gary Campbell, Celtic Rathskallions, 
Terence James Coffman, Copper Sky, Phil Coulter,
John McDermott, Bob O;Donnell, Frank Patterson,
Toronto Children’s Chorus.


Out on the Mira one warm afternoon,
Old men go fishing with black line and spoon
And if they catch nothing they never complain,
I wish I was with them again.

As boys in their boats call to girls on the shore,
Teasing the one that they dearly adore,
And into the evening the courting begins,
I wish I was with them again.

Can you imagine a piece of the universe
More fit for princes and kings?
I'll trade you ten of your cities
For Marion bridge and the pleasure it brings

Out on the Mira on soft summer nights
Bonfires blaze to the children's delight
They dance round the flames singing songs with their friends;
And I wish I was with them again.

Can you imagine a piece of the universe
More fit for princes and kings?
I'll trade you ten of your cities
For Marion bridge and the pleasure it brings

Now I conclude with a wish you go well,
Sweet be your dreams, may your happiness swell,
I'll leave you here, for my journey begins,
I'm going to be with them, going to be with them,
I'm going to be with them again.

Can you imagine a piece of the universe
Nore fit for princes and kings?
I'll trade you ten of your cities
For Marion Bridge and the pleasure it brings

Can you imagine a piece of the universe
More fit for princes and kings?
I'll trade you ten of your cities
For Marion Bridge and the pleasure it brings





(Contributed by Bill Huntley - July 2009)